**Exhibit 31**

 

ORIENT-EXPRESS HOTELS LTD.

 

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification

 

I, Paul M White, certify that:

 

1.             Ihave reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Orient-Express HotelsLtd. for the quarter endedSeptember 30, 2007;

 

2.             Basedon my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of amaterial fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statementsmade, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.             Basedon my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial informationincluded in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, andfor, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.             Iam responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls andprocedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) andinternal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and I have:

 

a)                        designed suchdisclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls andprocedures to be designed under my supervision, to ensure that material informationrelating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is madeknown to me by others within those entities, particularly during the period inwhich this report is being prepared;

 

b)                       designed suchinternal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control overfinancial reporting to be designed under my supervision, to provide reasonableassurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparationof financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generallyaccepted accounting principles;

 

c)                        evaluated theeffectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures andpresented in this report my conclusions about the effectiveness

 

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of the disclosure controls and procedures, as ofthe end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

d)                       disclosed in thisreport any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reportingthat occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’sfourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materiallyaffected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’sinternal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.             Ihave disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of internal control overfinancial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee ofthe registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalentfunctions):

 

a)                        all significantdeficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internalcontrol over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adverselyaffect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and reportfinancial information; and

 

b)                       any fraud, whether ornot material, that involves management or other employees who have asignificant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 
| Dated:   November 9, 2007 |                                                                                     |   |
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|                                     | /s/  P.M. White                                                                          |   |
|                                     | Paul  M. White  President and Chief Executive  Officer (acting  Chief Financial Officer) |   |

 

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